Improved machine for molding shelus



,UNITED Srmfrnsy PATENT OFFICE;

A W; Wann, or Annuanhnw Yoran.

l-MPRovEo MACHINE Foa MOLDLNG fsHELLs.

. specifcation forming part of Letters Patent No. 18,782, dated Dccember'l, 1857. l

I'o' @ZZ -wZt-o'li?, t may concern.- Beitlrnownthatl, XV. H. VARD, ofAuburn,I

inl the county of Cayuga and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful lmproyements in Shot-Molding Machines, of" which'the following is a full, clear, and exact' description, reference being had to the acf companying drawings, 'forming part'of this specification, in which-'- Figure 1 represents a lsectional elevation ofV a shot-molding machine embracing'my inrprovements. Fig. 2 represents a plan of the same Fig; f3 represents a longitudinal secsemi-flasks,"7 and afterward united 4to form the nil/old. The core for hollow shot is molded in what is terineda eore-bo;\:,7 and `around a straight tubularrod,l generally a piece of gas#pipe,)termed the corepin 'pin is.A adj usted to the iiaslc by measuring, and

The coreby means'of wedges or screws, in order to bring the core exactly in the center of the mold. l

These machines consist, mainly,ol' a moldingtable through which protrudes a movable hemispherical pattern. The. semi-flasks are placed on this table and adjusted to the pattern by means of pins, which enter holes in the `ears ol' the se rinus@ and the pattern is molded in the usual manner, after which the pattern is lowered, the semidlaskV removed, .and another substitntedin its place. rfile accuracy ol' the mold is depcmlent on the per- 4 feet adj ustme'nt oil' the'semi-ilasl; tothe semi.- pattern, to the table, and to each other, and,

as the guide-pins are the only linfices 'or mal;- ing the adlviusl'yment, the position ol' the semipattern in the semi-dash is liable to variation, as well as the connection ol' the semii'llaslis with eachother. Another ollieclion to these machines, whichy is also a wan-ce ol' inaoem racy in the molding, is the. absence of all 'neans 'for adjusting th-:l center ol.' the hemispherical pattern to the plane of the mold-ing- -table, and however accurately this adj nstment is made' is constructing the machine it A is liable to variationk from the springing or..

wearingof the parts. n o

The prinoipal object of .myimprovements is to overcome the before-mentioned defects in sh ot-mold-ing machines;- and my invention for effecting this object consists, first, in adjusting the halijiask to the half-patternso Athat t-hepattern will be exactly in the center. of

the lia-slr, by means of a circular V shape`d projection or V-reces's inthe molding-table-whose Vcenter is thecenter of'thepattern in connec, tion with acircular V-recess or- V-projection in the baseof the-half-iask WhoseV center is also thecenter of the'tlask, -tvherebythe mold 'is formed precisely in the center of each halfiiask, so that when' the half-ilasksare connected the edges or" the molds coincide, and thus a perfect spherical mold is formed; second, in

adjusting the half-ilasks to the molding-table lin order to bring the center of the pouring- ;tu'bc directly over the center of the pattern for molding the gate by means of the circular V -gnides on the Vtable and flasks in connection with the sexni-eylindrical pattern for the vent and core-stern and the curved transverse recess Vin the bottom of the flask, whereby the gatc'is molded exactlylin the center of the -pouririg-tnbe in eachsemi-Hash, and aperfectly smooth gate is fornled'when the halfflasks are connected; third, the employment of 'a series of adj ustingscrews passing through the bottom of the pattern for regulating the height ofthe pattern above the molding-bed, in connection with the adjustable cam-rod for raisingthe pattern to the height at which it is adjusted; .fointh, adj usting the distance the corcpin enters the core-box to a uniform height, sothat each successive core will be in the same position on the pin, and also adj ust-4 ing the position of the core to auniform height in the ilask, so'as to be in the center of themold by means of a projection on the stem of the core-pin, in connection witha corresponding cavity in the coreholder of the eoro-boX and also of the iiaslr, whose distance from the center of the corebox andalso' from the center of the mold is thefsaine.

The accompanying drawings represent ama chi ne r(for molding h olle-w shot, which embraces my iminrovelnents;

This machine'consists of across to each side.

' each molding-bed.

a strongly-framed table, A, which supportsbn O ne side. .twocircular irouniolding-beds, B (E, adapted to hold right and left half-flashs E E',

in which theA two halves of the shell are nioldf ed. On 'the opposite side ofthe table is a box, *1), -in which the cores-for the shell are nmolded, and a stand, G, for holding the cores occupies thespace in the center of thetableand extends A hemispherical pattern,

H, for molding the shell protrudes' from below through a circular opening in thecenter of These patterns are supported by' an ai just-able eccentric-mdrr., and

are raised orlowcred Yby an eccentric, b, onI

lhorizontal shafts l, supported in proper-.bear-- ings beneath the table. These Shaftsare -turned by means of levers K on each side of' f the table.

f end of the pattern is provided withadj usting- Screws (l, which, when the pattern is raised,

A projecting flange, c',- onthe lower come in'contact withthe under side of the molding-bed and serve to adjust the limit of theupward niotion vof the pattern, so as to bring the center of hemisphereA exactly in the Aplane of the upper surface of that-able.l The veccentric-rod is also provided-with adjustingI nut-s e, to adjust its length, so that the adjusting-screws d ontle fiange will be brought in contact with the under sido` of the vtable by bringing down the-lever l. face of each bed is a circular V-shaped guidaf, concentric with the pattern, which is elevated on'the bed B and .depressed on the bed (L, and corresponds in reverse with the guides f on the Vbottoni oi' the right and left ha-lf-iiasks E.

Two seinilcylindrical. ribs, f/ fj', radiate'ffrom` opposite sides ofthe'upper surface ofthe beds,

. and'exten'd beyond the V-guides. The one, g,

is the pattern for `molding the vent-,and the other, l/', the-pattern' for -molding the cavity `for a core-pin. A third rib, 71 is the pattern `for molding the gate in the pouringtube of the iiask. The semi-flasks E E consist of hollow frustra ol" cones with a-senii pouring-tube, L, joined to their base. The V-shape'dl guides' j" in the4 base of the right and lett scini-iiasks correspond-infreverse, and are turned exactly to t each other, and also the guides in the inoldi'ngbed, so as to forni perfect joi nts when united or whenplaced on the bed. The base of the -senii--ila'skl projects inwarl beyond the lplane oi" the interior snrll-ce, vand forms a lip,

It, which supports the molding-sand. preventq ing it llfoni protruding beyond lhejlhee ol' the ilask when raised from the bed. l'Just above the lip is a recess, yi, on the interior oi' the seinidiasl, which prevents' the niolding-sand fromreceding from theplanc ofthe face ol' theliask. A recess, fm, is also niade nearthe4 edge of the semi j iouringtube, to retainthe sandafter the gaie is molded. A; semi venthole, a, is iliade in one side ol' the base of each semiilrfzslgl and directly opposite is a sen-1i- Acylindrical tube, 0", which, when the semiflasks are connected, i'ornis aholder-fcr retain` ingthe eorepin c in a vertical position.

ln the corc-pin holder O is a recess, 1 'for On the upper 'SUIT center of the'inolding-tube. adj-usted to the molding-beds, the. pattern is raised to its full height by the side lever, K,

the receptionr of a flange, q, on the core-pin,

by lW-1'icl1,-i: he lheight of the core' is accurately adjusted, so as to bring it exactly in the ccnter of the rnold 'in that direction, the transverse: adjustment being made by the pin accurately fitting the holder.. The core-box D is 'divided through 'its center v and theA two parts Iconnected, by a hinged joint, r, and supported bya stand. f The core-pin c is held in a vertical position and retained inthe center of the vbox bya sock'eu, which lit accurately fits', madeonehalf inthe stand and* the other hal-t'.

in the shank extending down fro n1 the movable' y part of the box.v A recess-t, in' the scclret, f whose distance from-the center of thc'core-box exactly-- corresponds with 'the'distance of the recess p from. the center ot' the rnold when made inthe flask, receives the iiange q. on the core-pin, and thus regulatcs'the distance the pin enters the core-box and theposition .of the coreonthepin. l w The' core-pin c eonsistsof a cylindrical tube.

The upperpart onwhich the core is formed is bored full of holes-in Vwhichv supports are driven for holding `the core on the pin. A

groove, u, is 'made' around the cone-pin just belowthe partoccu'pied .bythe core vfor the purpose of retaining a winding of any material-to prot-ect this portion of vtheypin from the melted iron, to allow the pin being wound without increasing vthe sizeof the opening in the shell, and also prevent the'pin from stick;

ing to the'shell. This-'groove is perforated Withsniall holes, "n, to allow air-bubbles to escape that would otherwisejinjrire the shell, forniingwhat are terni ed blow-holes around its mouth,

On placing the flasks on the moldi'ng-beds, it will-be seen that While the V-guide adjuststhe center of theiiasl: to the. center of 'the hernisphericalpattern, the ribsg' g, enter in g the vent-hole aand the core-pin holder o, adjust the. center ofthe gate-pattern in the Theilasks being and the pattern molded in the usual manner,

after which the pattern is lowered and the,

, an.openi ng,' a', in its top, and the core is rnolded. j in the usual manner. The corc,after being inoldedi, taken from the box, and the recess inthe core-pi11 wound with a @layed rag,which is perforated opposite the holes in the recessk to lallowtlie air to escape through -into the center ofjthe eorepin,

Preparatory to'gutting the seini-iiaslrs to 

